Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Clara & Friends of American Heroes
BORN IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1923. HE JOINED THE NAVY IN 1942. HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC ON THE USS BON HOMME RICHARD CV-31. HE STUDIED THEOLOGY AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1951 AND BECAME A METHODIST PASTOR.